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(Model)- J. A. ANDERSON.

GATE.

No. 803,786. Patented Aug. 19, 1884.

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JOHN A. ANDERSON, OF IIEPBURN, IO\VA.

GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 303,786, dated August 19, 1884.

To all wit-0112, it may concern:

Be itknown that I, JOHN A. ANDERSON, of Hepburn, in the county of Page and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

teferenee is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved gate, shown in a horizontal position, and parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same, shown in a raised position, part being broken away, and partly in section. Fig. 3 is asectional plan view of the same, taken through the line :0 :r as 06, Fig. 2.

The object of this invention is to provide gates simple in construction, strong, and durable, and which can be conveniently adjusted an d operated.

The invention consists in a gate constructed with longitudinal and cross bars" connected by pivots, and provided with a sliding latch having recesses in its lower edge, to engage with a pin attached to a pair of the said cross-bars, and connected with the lower part of the gate by a pair of inclined bars, whereby the said gate can be readily raised and lowered and will be held securely in place when adjusted, as will be hereinafter fully described.

A are thelongitiulinal bars of the gate, which are pivoted to and between pairs of crossbars 13.

To the upper and lower part of the rear cross-bars 13 are attached eye-straps O, the

eyes of which work upon hook-pivots D, attached to the rear post,

F the front post, which has a catch, F, formed in or attached to it, to receive the end of the latch G and fasten the gate shut. In the forward side of the post- F, and extending from its top to the catch F, is formed a groove, F", to receive the forward end of the latch G and serve as a catch when the gate is partly raised.

The latch G is placed in the space between the cross-bars 13, and is made narrower than the space between two bars A, to allow the said latch to have the necessary vertical movement. In the lower edge of the part of the latch G that passes through the space between the sec ond pair of cross-bars B is formed a series of recesses, H, to engage with a pin or belt, I, passing through and attached to the said pair of cross-bars B, to lock the said latch in any position in which it may be adjusted.

To the opposite sides of the middle part of the latch G are pivoted the upper ends of two bars, J, which incline downward and forward, and are pivoted at their lower ends to the bolt that pivots the lower ends of the next pair of cross bars 13 to the bottom bar A. Vith this construction, when the forward end of the gate is raised, the latch G- slides back upon the pin I, and when the said forward end is re leased the bars J draw the said latch down upon the pin I, and the gate will be locked securely in the position into which it has been raised. When the gate is to be lowered, its forward end is slightly raised to loosen the latch G, and the said latch is raised by hand and held up until the said gate has been lowered to the required position, when the latch is released and is at once drawn into gear with the pin I.

The latch G can be locked in place, when the gate is in a horizontal position, by means of a U -bar, K, through which the said latch passes, and the ends of which are pivoted to the opposite sides of the bar A next below the said latch. The bond of the bar K enters areecss, L, in the upper edge of the latch G, and thus holds it in place. "When the gate is raised, the bend of the U -bar K rests and slides upon the upper edge of the latch G- without affecting its movements. With this construction the gate can be readily adjusted to swing over snow, and to allow small animals to pass be neath it when closed. \Vith this construction, also, when the gate is open, its forward end can he dropped to the ground, to prevent it from swinging shut accidentally.

I am aware that the horizontal bars of gates have been pivoted to permit the swinging ends of the gates to be raised andlowered upon the hinged ends, the gates being held in different positions by pivoted links engaging notches in one of the bars, and I therefore do not claim such invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure byLctters Patent-- 1. A gate constructed, substantially as herein shown and described, with its longitudinal and cross bars connected by pivots, and provided with a sliding latch having recesses in its lower edge to engage with a pin attached to a pair of the said cross-bars, and connected edge, the pin I to engage with the said recesses, and the pair of inclined pivoted bars J, substantially as herein shown and described, whereby the said gate can be readily raised and lowered and will be held secure] yin place with the lower part of the gate by a pair of. when adjusted, as set forth. inclined bars, as set forth.

2. In a gate, the combination, with the longitudinal bars A and the cross-bars B, of the 10 sliding latch G, having recesses H in its lower JOHN A ANDERSON. Witnesses:

L. P. ORoUoH,

W. WV. MORSMAN. 

